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OK, how do I get the Chromium team to integrate parallel layout written in Rust? Sometimes innovation is at odds with whatever Google's Chrome team feels like
by pcwalton 8y ago
OK, how do I get the Chromium team to integrate parallel layout written in Rust?
Sometimes innovation is at odds with whatever Google's Chrome team feels like doing. That is why engine diversity is a good thing.
- jhasse 8y agoSuggest it to them?? If it's really faster, why wouldn't they merge it?
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- nordsieck 8y ago>> OK, how do I get the Chromium team to integrate parallel layout written in Rust? > Suggest it to them?? If it's really faster, why wouldn't they merge it? How many major software projects do you know of that will casually add a programming language?
- jhasse 8y agoIt wouldn't be casually if the parallel renderer brought in some real benefits.
- pcwalton 8y agoEvery time I've suggested something along those lines to the Chromium folks I've gotten "we're doing it in C++ ;)" I mean, it makes sense—Google has an enormous team on Chromium and they don't want to have another language to support. But that is precisely why it's important to not have the entire Web under Alphabet's reporting structure.